The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-07-16

| adulterdtlOn IN conducting DuSlnesS IN JudO
way.
In response to the inquiry as to the assets
and liabilities Of the firm, Mr.. Candlish re-
piled that he could not say exactly, but that
| if the assets could be made available they
would more than hquidate all of the indebt-
| edneSs
The property of George C. Lewis, at Key
! West, sold this week by j. II. Coleman, as
signee, only brought $1,000. Scarcely six
months ago the property would have
brought double this sum. Sheriff George
| a. Demeritt was the purchaser.
At st. Augustine Thursday young child
| of a Frenchman at work on the Ponce de
Leon Hotel fell overheard and came very
near drowning. Capt Leon Canova, of the
yacht Viking, and l. c. Foschact sprang to
the rescue and saved the child's life.
There is general complaint among the
lightkeepers of Key West and their friends
about the way they are treated in regard to
rations The commander of the department
is away on account Of yellow fever, and
everything is to a corresponding extent
neglected.
A large donkey engine, which for some
time past has been standing in front of Cos
groves foundry, at Pensacola is being re-
paired TO be sent over on the Mobile and
Birmingham railroad, where it will be used
in coIIHction with a pile driver. Two
2,000-pound hammers will accompany it.
The steamship Lizzie Henderson has pass
cd into the hands Of the Tampa Commercial
Company. She is now on the dry docks at
Mobile. having extensive alterations and re-
pairs made on her huh. She will be placed
on the run from Tampa to Mo-
bile as soon as she is put in condition and
will make trl-monthly trips
Five larg cases Of plants and seeds were
Ial ,,o1n
by Reasoner Bros, of Manatee, The i'm
portation. consisted of ferns, palms, tree
ferns, orchids, heliconias and miscellaneous
aroid plants, palm fruit trees and other
seeds. The same firm have shipments en-
route fr m Brazil and Jamaica.
There are quite q number of improve
ments going on at Grove City. The large
hotel is beng built with all possible speed
and store buildings and cottages are being
contracted for, thus showing that with a
little push and enterprise on the part OF
property holders, the town will soon equal,
if not excel, any other in the county
Key West Equator: We notice that the
Tampa papers have great deal to say i'll
regard to Mrs. Demeritt and daughter going
there. VIII the Tampa papers take cogni-
zance of the fact that at the same time Mrs,
Demeritt went 70 Tampa about forty cigar
makers went over to work in Ybors fac
tory, and in the same boat. IL any one
could carry the germs of yellow fever, it
would be those
At Palatka a negro bought a lot just
across the Jacksonville, Tampa and Key
West railroad track, and not far from the
Florida Southern, some time ago, and COM
menced at once to erect house on the
same, as he thought, but abe ut the time the
house was completed he learned to his dis
may that he was just one block from where
the house ought TO have been built. But it
is believed that satisfactory arrangements
will be made by which he can exchange lots
| or otherwise settle the matter without much
additional expense.
Some little excitement was created in
DeLand last week by the report that Deputy
Sheriff Stephenson had received a threaten
ing letter from some negroes, who vowed
they would kill him if he attempted to ar
rest Lee Baily. The funny part of the mat
| ter was that Capt. Dore, of the DeLand
| Rifles, became excited on hearing the
rumor, and issued an order for the Rifles to
| hold themselves in readiness to be called
into active service, and when called to come
| with revolvers and ammunition" Every
one in town has been laughing over the
order for the last few days.
Last Monday while Jake Gibson, festive
colored brother, was sitting in the forks of
an old oak tree on the Ball plantation, near
| Centerville, eating a watermelon a thunder
cloud came up, lightning struck the tree,
| split it into fragments and threw Jake many
| feet away, apparently deader than Hector.
| Mr.. Calvin johnson, Uncle" Glenn, an old
| colored man, and others rushed up, poured
water in his face and began to rub him, but
poor Jake had been gathered unto his
| fathers. Just as all hope of resuscitation
had fled, and his friends had turned sadly
away to prepare for the funeral, Jake raised
| up, looked around half daZed and inquired:
Uncle Glenn, whars my watermillion"
| There seems to be an unaccountable delay
| on the part of both the South Florida and
Midland railways III putting in the tracks
| demanded by the mill business at Long
wood. The completion of the mill has been
hampered and delayed from this cause, in
spite of the evident fact that it means bust
ness for both roads from the day it starts.
| The mill is rapidly nearing the time fol-
turning on the steam, the boilers having
been set and steam piping nearly completed.
| There is still a good deal to do in getting
| the machinery into position, but that will
| be done very quickly when started. The
| dry kiln is nearly completed, and another
| building is being erected for framing she'd
The work of charging and making more
| efficient Sanford's water system is progress
ing with reasonable rapidity. One of the
| most important or the improvements max
| ing is the construction of an immense reser.
| voir, capable to hold hundreds of thousands
| of gallons OF water, to be held in reserve as
it comes through the mains from the lake
! distant some three miles. This reservoir is
now being dug, and i'll order to keep out of
the way of the laborers the water that rap
| idly seepS in from the sides and bottom OF
the immense excavation, A. l.. Lawson, the
water works engineer, has procured and
placed in operation what is known as a Pull.
someter, species of pump, which, owing to
| its capacity for lifting water and sand to
gether 40 per cent Of the latter is pecu
! harly adapted to the work.
The Erening CdH, of Key West, Is at outs
! with the Board of Health. Monday Presi.
dent Porter, of the Board of Health, had a
warrant issued from Justice de Leno's court
| for the arrest of George Eugene Bryson
editor of the EreniRg Cal, upon the charge
of criminal libel! Sheriff de Merritt made
the arrest about / o'clock. jefferson b.
Browne, the lawyer of Mr.. Bryson, waived
examination for him, and Justice de Leno
fixed the bond at $500, the case going up tC
! Judge Mitchell, TO be tried in the Circuit
| Court at the December term. L. B. Condo
the manufacturer, and Col. Crane signed as
bondsmen, several Cuban gentlemen offer.
ing were declined by the Justice. II is said
TO be the intention Of the board to bring a
fresh libel against the Erening call each
day until they force its suspension"
At 81. Augustinequite a sensation has
| been created by the suspicious disappear
ance of Scion Long, n brother of the Hon.